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8-time Olympic speed skating champion Apolo Ohno ran the ING New York City Marathon on Sunday in NYC.

Ohno showed he is a great all-around athlete by running the 26.2 mile course in 3:25:12.

Apolo decided to enter the race back in February when Subway spokesman Jared Fogle challenged him to do it (full story).

He jokingly tweeted a warning to fellow warnings pre-race:

Warning 2 all, I apologize in advance 4 those who run on my left side. I’ve a severe tendency 2 take sharp lefts consistently. #shorttrack

Follow Apolo Anton Ohno on Twitter @ApoloOhno

Congrats to Apolo!

Related Celeb NYC Marathon News: Jennie Finch Passes 30,000 Runners at NYC Marathon to Raise $30,000 for Charity

Related: Geoffrey Mutai won the 2011 ING NYC Marathon

Kenyan Geoffrey Mutai broke away from a crowded elite field around mile 20 to amass an impressive lead in winning the 2011 ING New York City Marathon in 2:05:06.

American Meb Keflezighi finished in 6th with a time of 2:09:13

Top 10 Elite Male 2011 ING NYC Marathon Results

1. Geoffrey Mutai (Kenya) – 2:05:06
2. Emmanuel Mutai (Kenya) – 2:06:28
3. Tsegaye Kebede (Ethiopia) – 2:07:13
4. Gebre Gebremariam (Ethiopia) – 2:07:59
5. Jaouad Gharib (Morocco) – 2:08:27
6. Meb Keflezighi (USA) – 2:09:13
7. Abdellah Falil (Morocco) – 2:10:35
8. Mathew Kisorio (Kenya) – 2:10:58
9. Ezkyas Sisay (USA) – 2:11:04
10. Ed Moran (USA) – 2:11:46

Dado Firehiwot Wins ING NYC Marathon in 2:23:15 (Elite Women Results)

Congrats to Geoffrey, Dado, and all the thousands of runners who ran the ING NYC Marathon this morning.

Ethiopian Firehiwot Dado came from far behind on Sunday morning to catch Kenyan Mary Keitany to win the 2011 ING New York City Marathon with a time of 2:23:15.

Keitany led the race by a large distance for 25 miles before Firehiwot and Buzunesh Deba caught her then left her in their tracks.  Dado then pulled away from Deba to win the ING NYC Marathon.

Top 10 ING NYC Marathon Female Results

1. Firehiwot Dado (Ethiopia) – 2:23:15
2. Buzunesh Deba (Ethiopia) – 2:23:19
3. Mary Keitany (Kenya) – 2:23:39
4. Ana Dulce Felix (Portugal) – 2:25:40
5. Kim Smith (Australia) – 2:25:46
6. Caroline Cheptonui Kilel (Kenya) – 2:25:57
7. Caroline Rotich (Kenya) – 2:27:06
8. Isabellah Andersson (Sweden) – 2:28:29
9. Jo Pavey (Great Britain) – 2:28:42
10. Galina Bogomolova (Russia) – 2:29:03

Geoffrey Mutai Impressie in Winning ING New York City Marathon (Elite Male Results)

Congrats, not only to the elites, but to EVERYONE who ran the ING NYC Marathon fast or simply just completed it. It’s a major feat either way.

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3:05pm-We did it! We’ve finished the 2011 Tennessee Ragnar Relay. We didn’t set any records (as a team) but we had a really good time. Chad Richardson, who was injured in a couple of places, fired off a final leg to our race that impressed us all.

2:11pm– Brandon pushed really hard and had a good last leg. Tackett then had his third really good run, breaking his projected pace every time.

12:45pm– James Krenis smoked his last leg. 8.56 miles at a 7:58 pace. His best run EVER! He handed off to Brandon. We are now off to find him.

11:35am –Travis climbed his own lil’ Mt. Everest for his final leg he just concluded. Big climb then winding descent. He was passing tutu’s left and right. Travis says “No, mas!”

11:00am– I finished my third and final leg of 6.58 miles at a 7:40 pace (50:29). Challenging leg that started in Cool Springs and went through a lot of commercial buildings and intersections. Not too scenic but good challenge.

9:30am– Van 1 is done. Mr. Carton dug really deep and did a 4.5 mike leg to conclude Van 1’s legs. Great job by KC, Flowers, Pearson, Miller, Festervand,and Geno.

4:00am-Chad’s hammy is hurting but Lil’ Noriega toughed it out. Van 2 hands off to Van 1.

3:48am-Brandon kept the Van2 speed going by running his leg in 8:00. Tackett then continued to blister his projected pace. This time by 31 seconds per mile over the 4.5 mile leg. Van 1 is about to take over for their last sets of legs while Van 2 hits the showers. Mean Gene leading off for V1.

3:00am-Krenis done with his 2nd run. 7:47 pace for 3.76 miles. Van 2 is smoking!!!

1:42amKirk is hurting, van 1 is hurting except Flowers who is having a great day. He did his second leg 5.64 miles at 7:52 pace.

Van 2 had great dinner in Winchester at Arrizo’s and met two of our course volunteers, Whitney and Anna. So thankful for their help.

I started Van 2’s second set of legs with 8.30 miles at 7:13 pace 60:00:01. Travis took the baton and kept our speed going. James is now out running under 7 layers of clothes. 40 deg but he is going to cook.

Chad Richardson ran fast down Monteagle and thought he had run 15 miles instead of 7.8 miles. Turns out Lil’ Noriega had his Garmin set to kilos instead of miles.

Sorry for the lack of updates!!

4:23pm – Festervand and Kirk struggled coming into the exchange 6 where van 2 took over.  I (Joshua Holmes) just ran 5.3 up Monteagle. 1350+ foot climb within about 3 miles. Averaged 8:40 for my leg. Travis ran hard for our 8th leg. Travis, ‘Quad City DJ’ from last year, said he almost tripped at some point.  James Krenis (runner #9 just took off).  Van 1 is up at Sewanee eating at Shenanigans.  We have having a great time. A bit cool and windy but not as cold as last year.   We won’t be as fast as last year but we’re very likely to have an even better time. Brandon Piacine is in the on-deck-circle.

12:12 – Gene did great before handing it off to Scott Flowers and his climb up Raccoon Mtn. Scott Pearson then flew down Raccoon before handing off to James Festervand.

Van 2 is off to check in at exchange 6 to begin our 1st set of legs.

9:00am (CT) – And we are off. Our leadoff hitter Gene Cabellero took the baton and hightailed (or followed tail) out of the starting block as we start our 196 mile journey from Chattanooga to Nashville.

We are back for our second year at the Tennessee Ragnar Relay.  Team Bumpshack Racing has morphed into the RunItFast.com Team.

I’ll be trying to live blog as much of the race as possible. It will depend upon internet connection, etc.  I’ll try to throw in some photos from throughout the race as well.

Over 220 teams are taking place in the race this year.

95% of the teams have 12 runners, as we do.  Each runner runs three legs varying in distance and difficulty.  Each team has two vans full of six runners.  The other 5% is made up of ultra teams consisting of just 6 runners total that do twice as much running.

Our team this year consists of eight guys from last year’s team (Joshua Holmes, Kirk Catron, Scott Flowers, Brandon Piacine, Travis Lampley, Gene Cabellero, Scott Miller, and Chad Richardson) and four new runners to the team (Jeremy Tackett, Scott Pearson, James Krenis, and James Festervand).  Eight of us were also in the same fraternity in college.

We asked on Twitter (@runitfast) where you were running this weekend and a record 37 of you responded!

Good luck to everyone running this weekend.  Run It Fast!!!!

Joshua Holmes – @bayou – Time to head to Chattanooga tomorrow for the start of our 2nd year of @runitfast running @RagnarRelay

Mandy B. – @the_mandyb – Road2Hope half marathon in Hamilton, ON!

Julian Maine – @jmaine52 – Fairwood Common X-Country

Navin Sadarangani – @navin48 – 26.2 miles all over NYC baibay, woohoo!

Tianna Marshall – @TrunsLA – Running the Santa Clarita Marathon!

Grace Bateman Greene – @perupaper – Savannah, GA marathon!

Gerard Pescatore – @GPescatore – Doing a 12-mile taper run along Forbidden Drive in Philadelphia

Beyond Limits – @NoLimitsTweets – Am in running a 5 miler this weekend the second to last in a series our club puts on. Second in my age group right now.

Joe Spano – @JoeSpano1 – running NYC marathon this weekend!!!

Row.Row. – @MiniRowRow – I’m running in Fresno’s (CA) Two Cities Half Marathon! =]

Humberto Vazquez – @jhvv99 – Monterrey México 10k Ternium

Ricky Wood – @WoodRicky – i will be running my 35th half marathon this year in MARLOW!!!

Rodney Zayas – @rodneyzayas – just training in Central Park for the Miami half marathon…

Andy Scott – @DAndrewScott – RnR Savannah Half marathon with my wife on her 2nd 39th birthday! @RunRocknRoll

Shawna – @ssulax33 – Anything is Possible 5k in Kennesaw, GA. Sunday, Start time: 1:50am will be done before I started.

Craig Brett – @craigbrett – Castle Combe relays.

Emir Manhães – @Emirsms – Asics golden four Brasília 21 km

Aaron Johnstone – @aarongeek – tapering for San Antonio Rock ‘n Roll marathon on 11/13! Just a ‘short’ 8 mile run.

MJ – @CoffeeMonkey001 – indianapolis monumental marathon 🙂

Jill H. – @iRunForTheHills – @RagnarRelay #RagnarTN ! 195 miles from Chattanooga to Nashville with 11 other #TrunkMonkeys

Lisa Maier – @LisaAnn72688 – saturday the Hot Chocolate 15k race in Chicago!

Michael Rosenberg – @roseyrosenberg – Rockville MD 10K

Troy Thompson – @thomfin – The High Trestle Trail near Woodward Iowa

S Farkosh – @buttrfly7kisses – Robert Morris University’s 6th Annual Susan Hofacre 5k Memorial Run! This Saturday, 11/5 at 9:00 AM!

E.B. – @theycallmebum – Savannah inaugural Rock and Roll Marathon

Larry Huffman – @LarryHuffman – Mountain Masochist 50M, Lynchburg, VA. First 50!

Sean Storie – @TheTrueSS – Mendon Ponds Trail 20k. Rochester, NY

Sarah Warner – @elbow17green – 1st full marathon #marshallmarathon Huntington, WV

Juan R. – @jrodz11 – running the say no to drugs 10k with @SRLA at universal studios

Shawna Mullener – @SMullener – Zeitgeist half in Boise, Idaho!! My first 13.1 and hopefully not my last!!

Jia – @jija21 – Los Angeles Muddy buddy!!

Elizabeth Johnston – @RunningWithGod – In Watertown, SD. I am coaching at a vball tourney so probably on the treadmill in the hotel

Pat Burton – @rocket_boy – Rock n’ Roll Marathon in Savannah, GA!

Skip Keltner – @skipkeltner – running the Indy Monumental Half Marathon this weekend. Looking forward to a PR.

Run7on7 – @Run7on7 – running NY marathon this weekend

Garrett Holt – @GarrettH24 – Bass Pro Shops 1/2 Mara in Springfield, Mo this Sunday!

Mary Jane Schriver – @MJSchriver – Stomp the Grapes 1/2 Marathon, Hartville Ohio!

The sixth Flying Monkey Marathon will take place on November 20, 2011.  This year’s event sold out in less than four minutes.

The race takes place in Nashville’s Harpeth Hills and is considered one of the most difficult road marathons in the United States.

The original version of this commercial was created by and narrated by Jobs. It was never released officially though.

The Flying Monkey Marathon is rated as the best marathon in Tennessee (story).

WOW! We’ve come to expect the best out of the Marines so it should be no surprise that the 36th Marine Corps Marathon medal is simply one of the best we’ve seen this year.

It looks like something straight out of an Austin Powers movie.

The MCM was run on October 30, 2011.  The race was won by Army first lieutenant Chad Ware (results).

MORE PHOTOS OF MARATHON/ULTRA MEDALS AND BUCKLES

[Medal photo submitted by TriFlorida.  Follow them on Twitter @TriFlorida]

Kenya’s Wilson Kipsang ran the 2nd fastest marathon ever recorded (on an official course)  at the Frankfurt Marathon on Sunday morning in Germany in 2:03:42.

Fellow countryman Patrick Makau, just a month ago, set the new world record for the marathon at 2:03:38.

It was the second consecutive win for Kipsang at the Frankfurt Marathon.

Kenyans took home 9 of the top 10 spots.

Frankfurt Marathon Top 10 Results

1. Wilson Kipsang (Kenya) – 2:03:42
2. Levy Matebo (Kenya) – 2:05:16
3. Albert Matebor (Kenya) – 2:05:25
4. Philip Sanga (Kenya) – 2:06:07
5. Robert Kiprono Cheruiyot (Kenya) – 2:06:29
6. Peter Kirui (Kenya) – 2:06:31
7. Chumba Dickson Kiptolo (Kenya) – 2:07:23
8. Siraj Gena (Ethiopia) – 2:08:31
9. Duncan Koech (Kenya) – 2:08:38
10. Henry Sugut (Kenya) – 2:08:56

Congrats to Wilson! I’m sure Chuck Noland (Tom Hanks) is extremely pleased with his good friend.

Mamitu Daska won the women’s race, finishing in 2:21:59.

Chad Ware won the 36th Marine Corps Marathon early Sunday morning in Washington, D.C. with a time of 2:26:37.  Ware is a first lieutenant in the United States Army.

Top 5 Male – Marine Corps Marathon Results

1. Chad Ware (Wheeling, IL) – 2:19:16
2. Michael Wardian (Arlington, VA) – 2:23:46
3. Patrick Fernandez (Alexandria, VA) – 2:26:37
4. Keith Matiskella (Leavenworth, KS) – 2:27:23
5. Adam Condit (Cedar Rapids, IA) – 2:29:28

Turkey native Tezata Dengersa won the women’s race in 2:45:28 just 27 seconds ahead of second place finisher Emily Shertzer.

Top 5 Female – Marine Corps Marathon Results

1. Tezata Dengersa (Ellicott City, MD) – 2:45:28
2. Emily Shertzer (Jonestown, PA) – 2:45:55
3. Getachew Shiferaw (Ellicott City, MD) – 2:47:30
4. Autumn Ray (Tucson, AZ)- 2:49:42
5. Sandra McClellan (Spring Park, MN) – 2:52:35

Marine Corps Marathon Results (Searchable)

Run It Fast Ragnar team member Scott Flowers ran his first marathon at MCM today and finished in 3:58:17.

Congrats to David, Narr, and all the runners that completed the MCM today.

We asked on Twitter (@runitfast) where you were running this weekend and a record 43 of you responded!

Good luck to everyone running this weekend, especially all of you that are running your first 1/2, full, or any distance.  Run It Fast!!!!

The biggest race this weekend is the Marine Corps Marathon in D.C.

Scott Stader – @ScottStader – where am I running u ask? The Bad Apple Ultra outside of Grand Rapids, Micheeegan. How bout them apples??

Gerard Pescatore – @GPescatore – Last long run (21+) in prep for Philly Marathon!

Lori Dee – @lulububbly – Monster Dash half marathon in Chicago!

Rosario Garcia – @Chayo_RGH – South Mountain 10 miler.. Bethlehem, PA.. tough hill!!

Jon King – @jonmking – last weekend before

Ms. Swan – @SheRunsforLove – Chicago Monster Dash!! In full costume 🙂 bzzz bzzz

Reni Marlina – @renimarl1na – I’ll be racing 10K on Standard Chartered Half Marathon & 10K at RagunanZoo in Jakarta 🙂

Shawna – @ssulax33 – Silver Comet Half Marathon, GA. First.Half.Ever!

Michele Gonzalez – @nycrunningmama – Poland Spring Marathon Kick-off in NYC on Sunday! (5 miler)

Kara Navas – @karanavas – 20 mile training run in my Bronx neighborhood… in the snow and rain. Can’t say I’m looking forward to it.

Chad Norton – @cnorton0818 – Marine Corps Marathon in DC

Dean Luther – @deanlu1 – Wicked 10k in Va Beach.

Jeremy Holley – @jeremy_ms – I’m running in the Race for the Cure 5K in Tupelo, MS!

Andy Caulkett – @Andy7532 – Original Mountain Marathon at Crieff in Scotland

Niall Coppinger – @standupdouble – does a bank holiday Monday count as W/E? If so, @dublinmarathon with 14,000 soul mates.

Cassie B. – @CassieBritton82 – running the Rock and Roll LA Half with my husband, sister in law and friends!

Dean Cornish – @DeanCornish1966 – 3 of us from Igloo Books in UK are running Frankfurt Marathon on Sunday, and Dublin Marathon the following day.

Terri Selig – @TerriSelig – racing the Monster Dash 1/2 Marathon, Chicago Saturday!!!!

Kat – @kljwm – I’ll be hitting the Monster Dash Half in Saint Paul, MN!

Ricky Wood – @WoodRicky – i will be running my 34th half marathon this year in barns green horsham. -)

Sun Torke – @storke10 – I’m racing the Haunted Hustle Half Marathon in Middleton, Wisconsin on Saturday morning!

Michelle Hibbert – @HibbertMichelle – I’m running the Great South Run in portsmouth for the @mssocietyuk ….

Amber M. – @amber4miles – Race of the Dead 5k in Chicago!

April Rossetti – @AprilRossetti – Saturday I will be racing at UMD in the XC alliance meet & Sunday I will be racing in the Susan G Komen Race for the Cure in BO!

Jeremy Aaronson – @JeremyAaronson – MCM! Time to take on the MCM “Gauntlet’

Boone Marathon Series – @Boone_Marathon – BMS Autumn Leaves Marathon on Saturday.

H K – @Jirnsum – Will be trying to run off an impending jet-lag back home in The Netherlands after spending the week in DC

Karen French – @everhippie – Tustin/Irvine, CA area. RT Where are you running/racing this weekend? Responses will be used in post later this morning!! 🙂

Colleen Lerro – @ColleenLerro – Marine Corps Marathon! #36thmcm

Regular Runner – @RegularRunner – Will be running in Montreal, going to go up that damn mountain again!

Alex Davis – @alex45674 – In Ashford Kent, with my club. Not a race, just usual 10-12 miler on a Sunday.

Danielle Marquis – @Nello33 – I will be running at the Race for the Cure in South Boston on Sunday!

Evan Gilead – @wanderingpenman – Miami Halloween Half with @HurricanePhipps.Runnin’ hard and taking names.

MassielSim – @massielSm – I’ll be running 5 miles in the Panama Canal area in Central America this Saturday. I’ll shoot you a pic while there.

Theresa Unruh – @RNrunnerdiva – Tulsa Run!! 🙂

Janine – @TheRamblingDuck – I shall be waddling in the #greatsouthrun as @fibroduck

Jeffery Stefancic – @JeffStefancic – #bighithalf in Louisville, KY.

Journey Steward – @JourneySteward – The Marine Corps Marathon in DC! My first full marathon….eek!

Rebecca Mudd – @BeccaM88 – Great South Run, Portsmouth. Running for @TheBHF !

MichaelJackson901 – @mjasbond007 – Big Hit 1/2 marathon in Louisville, Ky!!!

David McDonnell – @mcdonnellracing – I’m doing the Bromley park run.

Michael Champagne – @iamchampy – Halloween Wrentham Duathlon!

April Shelly – @aprilshelly – Run Like Hell 6k tomorrow night in Allentown, PA. Possibly in a snowstorm.